\nWe open with some Young Lion action as Ren Narita was the early aggressor, taking Uemura down to the mat as he looked to work over the legs in the opening stages.<\/p>\n
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A toe hold from Narita led to Uemura snatching at a small package for a near-fall\u2026 and Narita hits back instantly with a Boston crab as he had his fellow Young Lion in deep trouble. Uemura\u2019s able to get to the rope, but Narita just wrenched back on the hold some more\u2026 which kinda prompted Uemura to blast him in the corner with a dropkick for a near-fall.<\/p>\n
From there, Uemura busted out a nice back body drop before he caught Narita in a Lion Tamer-like Boston crab, which eventually ends in the ropes as Narita powered up and dragged himself to safety. Clutching his back in agony, Narita tried to fight back, swapping forearms with Uemura before an overhead belly-to-belly from Uemura almost led to the win!<\/p>\n
We\u2019re back to the forearms, before Narita just kills Uemura with a sweet bridging Northern Lights\u2026 and that\u2019s the win! Well, that Young Lions clash lived up to the hype we keep giving them – and while this was a little brief, it was keenly contested. Good opener! **\u00be<\/p>\n
Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi<\/strong> Umino and Nakanishi get us going, with the Young Lion chopping Nakanishi in the ropes\u2026 and yeah, it doesn\u2019t go well. Tenzan and Yoshida are in next, trading shoulder tackles as Yoshida manages to edge ahead, at least until Tenzan busted out some Mongolian chops. A splash from Nakanishi almos tends things early, with Umino making the save\u2026 and getting turfed to the outside as Yosida gets held in the ropes by Tenzan for some more chops.<\/p>\n Man, did someone try and steal some of Nakanishi\u2019s breakfast?!<\/p>\n Yoshida tries to fight back with chops, but it\u2019s an enziguiri that worked best before Umino tagged in and found an Irish whip wasn\u2019t going anywhere. Umino\u2019s plan B of a bodyslam didn\u2019t quite work at first, but he eventually slammed the big guy for a near-fall as Korakuen started to get behind Shota.<\/p>\n A spear from Nakanishi stops Umino in his tracks, as tags take us back to Tenzan and Yoshida, with a hanging clothesline from Yoshida giving us the latest shot of an upset. Kicks to Tenzan follow, but a Mountain Bomb cuts off the K-DOJO trainee as the veterans looked to get back into gear, sending Yoshida into the corner, only for him to evade their onslaught.<\/p>\n If anything, the tables turned as Tenzan ate some double-teaming, which almost led to the win\u2026 and then we get a modified version of a 3D on Yoshida for a near-fall. From there, Umino\u2019s racked by Nakanishi, while Yoshida\u2019s dropped with a uranage into an Anaconda Vise for the submission. Well, they had a valiant effort, but in the end it was a familiar defeat as Yoshida and Umino came the closest they had yet to a W. **\u00be<\/p>\n Ryusuke Taguchi & Toa Henare vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)<\/strong> We start off with Ishimori working over the arm of Taguchi as the pair traded barbs early on, leading to a hip attack from Taguchi that led to a faked out dive from Taguchi. He mocked a dance routine from Ishimori\u2019s distant past from the old old Toryumon promotion, which led to the pair tagging out with Henare schooling Yujiro with armdrags and slams.<\/p>\n Yujiro bites back (literally), as Henare quickly found himself knocked down and in the ropes ahead of a big boot that almost ended things. Henare\u2019s back with a flash Samoan drop, before Taguchi tagged in and went wild with hip attacks, taking Ishimori outside for a step-up body press to the floor. A springboard hip attacks awaits Ishimori back inside, but the junior heavyweight champion\u2019s back with his springboard attack moments later, only for a sequence to end with Taguchi rolling through into an ankle lock.<\/p>\n Ishimori escapes that and comes back with a handspring enziguiri to Taguchi. Henare\u2019s back with another Samoan drop to Yujiro, as Taguchi comes in with his rugby ball\u2026 which distracted Yujiro en route to a spear from Henare for a near-fall. Mixed sports metaphors led us to Taguchi whacking Ishimori with the ball outside as the match broke down a little, before some back-and-forth with Henare led to a Fisherman buster from Yujiro for another near-fall. One Pimp Juice DDT later, and that\u2019s the win for Yujiro, as the Bullet Club pair continue to pick up wins over Taguchi. ***<\/p>\n Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bullet Club (Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) & Chase Owens)<\/strong> Makabe returns the favour, before tags bring in Tama and Honma\u2026 who again, raspily shouts \u201cbad guy\u201d at Tama, before he accepted a handshake and a hug. The hell? Chase Owens and Tanga Loa come in to attack his opponents, which left Tama all apologetic, at least until he suplexed Honma for a quick two-count.<\/p>\n Chase Owens returns as quick tags gave Honma little chance to escape some stomps, but somehow the pace of the match slowed down badly here until Tanga Loa ran in and blasted Honma with some clotheslines. A headbutt stops that as Honma lands a lariat of his own, before a tag brought in Yano\u2026 who of course goes for the turnbuckle padding.<\/p>\n Tanga Loa tries to reattach it, but all Yano does is remove a second pad as he tried to bring Tama back to his old self. A hair pull followed as Makabe tagged back in to keep up on Tama, taking him into the corner for some mounted punches before a Northern Lights suplex gets a near-fall. Jado trips Makabe as the Bullet Club turned the tables, before a back suplex\/neckbreaker combo and a running knee almost brought the match to an end. We get a ref bump as Makabe\u2019s shoved into Marty Asami, and while Tama Tonga\u2019s \u201ccaring\u201d for the ref things break down again.<\/p>\n Jado cracks Honma with a Kendo stick as Honma went for a Kokeshi\u2026 and then we get Jado in to try a draping DDT as we got a callback to how Honma broke his neck. Luckily we\u2019re saved from that uneasiness as Makabe ends up taking down Owens for a King Kong Knee drop for the win. Decent stuff, even if there were some eggy parts. Makabe and Yano leave with a win over Bullet Club ahead of their shot at the trios title tomorrow. ***<\/p>\n Bullet Club (Jay White & Bad Luck Fale) vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI<\/strong> We start out hot as the match spills outside, with Okada slipping out of a Bad Luck Fall before he\u2019s whipped hard into the guard rails by Fale. He\u2019d not even gotten out of his entrance gear, as Jay White chops the hell out of YOSHI-HASHI by the commentary table. Kindly, Fale disrobes Okada as YOSHI-HASHI\u2019s set into the railings once more, before we return to the ring as White continued with more of the same.<\/p>\n A suplex took YOSHI-HASHI awkwardly into the corner as Fale comes in and continued to isolate the weak link of the team. At least in terms of weak by \u201chow much tape he\u2019s wearing\u201d, and that\u2019s a situation not helped when White rams YOSHI-HASHI between the barriers and the ring apron.<\/p>\n Finally Okada comes in to help\u2026 but he chokes Fale as he was standing on YOSHI-HASHI, which was a bit dumb. White elbows out of a Bunker Buster as YOSHI-HASHI showed a brief sign of life, before a rear spin kick finally took down the Kiwi. A tag\u2019s eventually made to Okada, who storms in with a sliding back elbow to White\u2026 but going after Fale seemed to make things worse. At least until Fale ran in and accidentally caught White as he tried to get his own back on Okada.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a flapjack to White for a near-fall, who responds with a snap Saito suplex that dumped Okada in half\u2026 and in comes Fale to make it worse. Okada lands some elbows but gets caught with a forearm and a back body drop that almost had Okada landing on his head. Oof.<\/p>\n Fale tries to charge at Okada in the corner, before Okada tries to counter a bodyslam into a small package. It doesn\u2019t quite go to plan as Fale just drops him, then an elbow, for a near-fall, before tags brought YOSHI-HASHI back in. There\u2019s a Head Hunter for Fale, then a Blockbuster off the top\u2026 but White just comes in and tries for a Blade Runner, only for Okada\u2019s dropkick to stop all that.<\/p>\n Fale single-handedly stops the CHAOS comeback, nearly finishing off YOSHI-HASHI with a big splash. YOSHI tries to come back with some clotheslines, only for Fale to land one of his own as a Grenade gets the win. Pretty much as you\u2019d expect, with Okada and White having good exchanges among each other\u2026 but I\u2019m still not sold on the Okada\/Fale match. ***<\/p>\n Post-match, Young Lions stop Fale from dishing out a Bad Luck Fall, before Yuya Uemura ate a Grenade for his part.<\/p>\n Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi)<\/strong> Unlike last night, this wasn\u2019t under elimination rules, and we have a jump start as LIJ hit first!<\/p>\n Naito made a beeline for Taichi, taking him outside before he chokes him with his hoodie, while EVIL and Sabre went at each other in the ring, using uppercuts and forearms to try and weaken each other. When they switch it up, EVIL misses a back senton before he shoved down Sabre with a shoulder tackle, as LIJ seemingly drew first blood.<\/p>\n SANADA and Suzuki tag in next, lighting each other up before a low dropkick from SANADA had Suzuki reeling. Oh SANADA, quit going for a Paradise Lock on Suzuki\u2026 it never works! Strikes were more effective, but Suzuki just shoves away a springboard dropkick as a hanging armbar had SANADA in trouble\u2026 while the rest of the match spilled outside, with Naito getting jabbed in the head with a chair as bedlam once again reigned supreme.<\/p>\n Christ, Suzuki bounces a chair off of SANADA and into the crowd, while Taichi throws Naito into the wall sign. Yep, it\u2019s one of those \u201ctoo much to call\u201d brawls, which also saw Suzuki dump a guard rail and another barrier onto SANADA. Maniacal Suzuki is the most intimidating Suzuki, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n In among that, SANADA had to beat a countout\u2026 before he\u2019s taken back outside as Sabre and Suzuki took their turns in trying to unwind his arm from his body. The beating continues on SANADA as Suzuki returned in with a Fujiwara armbar while the brawl again sparked off on the outside. Naito and Taichi stare off from the apron as the danger facing SANADA intensified, at least until he got a foot to the rope.<\/p>\n Back on his feet, SANADA trades elbows with Suzuki\u2026 and manages to edge out with a Dragon screw. He can\u2019t capitalise though, and has to hit a missile dropkick before he\u2019s able to tag out\u2026 and yes, we get Naito and Taichi! An enziguiri\u2019s ducked by Naito, who comes back in with the Combinacion Cabron in the corner to Taichi, who then had to grab hold of the referee to save himself from a German suplex.<\/p>\n Naito offers a fist-bump to Taichi, but instead he gets his eyes raked as he eventually comes back with a tornado DDT. Shino gets a tag in, but he\u2019s instantly double-teamed by Desperado and Kanemaru\u2026 although he does overcome them, blocking a Kanemaru DDT before Shingo just chopped him silly. A pop-up from Shingo leds to an eventual vertical suplex as BUSHI comes in to keep up on Kanemaru, but again the momentum swings as a Deep Impact DDT off the top almost put paid to BUSHI, with only SANADA and Naito making the save to keep the match alive.<\/p>\n Undeterred, Kanemaru looks for a top rope moonsault, which he rolls through on as BUSHI comes back with a swinging Fisherman\u2019s buster. Tags take us back to EVIL\u2026 but he goes for Sabre and drops his arm across the top rope, as EVIL then turned his attention to Kanemaru with a lariat. Darkness Falls for a two-count, before Sabre makes a save on Everything is EVIL as we burst into a big Parade of Strikes!<\/p>\n In the midst of it, Taichi rips off his trousers, only for Naito to spit on him and kick him low. A Destino CRUSHES Taichi, who\u2019s then rolled outside as Shingo finished off Kanemaru with a Pumping Bomber, allowing for Everything is EVIL to get the W. A bloody enjoyable melee of a match, which was refreshingly light on Suzuki-gun shenanigans. More please! ***\u00bd<\/p>\n Post-match, Naito feigns helping up Taichi, before throwing him into the guard rails as he then teased breaking the mic stand over the fallen crooner.<\/p>\n Right, time for the Kleenex…<\/p>\n KUSHIDA vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/strong> We have a tentative start as KUSHIDA tried to take out Tanahashi\u2019s legs with a dropkick, but instead he stuffs a Tanahashi takedown attempt before they headed into the ropes. Another scramble on the mat led to a square-off, before they finally tied-up with a knuckle lock, with Tanahashi forcing KUSHIDA into a bridge…a bridge he eventually broke, before KUSHIDA rolled through and eventually grabbed a waistlock as the grappling session ended with KUSHIDA rolling to the outside.<\/p>\n Another tie-up again has KUSHIDA down to a knee, then down for a one-count as they again head into the ropes for a keenly-contested break. KUSHIDA snatches at a leg as he took Tanahashi down to the mat, but again they swap positions as KUSHIDA looked for the first submission attempt, going for Tanahashi\u2019s arm before a leg grapevine kept the former junior heavyweight champion on the mat.<\/p>\n Tanahashi teased turning the grapevine into a Muta lock, but instead he just snaps back into a deathlock until KUSHIDA got his hand into the ropes. With the knee seemingly compromised, Tanahashi stomped on the lumb some more, then went back to the mat for another leg grapevine, again ending in the ropes. The crowd boos Tanahashi as he took KUSHIDA into the corner and wrapped his legs around the ring post, which made the next move pretty obvious: except KUSHIDA\u2019s able to fight out of a Dragon screw and catch Tanahashi with a Pele kick.<\/p>\n KUSHIDA keeps up the resurgence with some kicks, taking down Tanahashi with a handspring back elbow before he measured up for a Buzzsaw kick. Tanahashi ducks, but can\u2019t avoid the hiptoss and cartwheel dropkick as KUSHIDA started to settle into a groove. Tanahashi stuffs a roll-through DDT and looks for a Cloverleaf instead, only for KUSHIDA to turn it into a small package as he rebounded further with a moonsault flip into a German suplex!<\/p>\n Second time was the charm for the Buzzsaw kick, which almost ended the match, but Tanahashi\u2019s able to come back as he Dragon screws KUSHIDA\u2019s bad knee repeatedly. KUSHIDA\u2019s back with chops and forearms as the two Aces traded strikes, only for KUSHIDA to kick away the leg of Tanahashi as he too began to focus on a bad wheel.<\/p>\n An attempt at a Hoverboard Lock\u2019s blocked in the corner as Tanahashi\u2019s persistence led to him scoring with a Dragon screw, leaving KUSHIDA on the mat once more. Tanahashi misses a splash in the corner and ends up taking an enziguiri to the back of the head as KUSHIDA finally locked in a Hoverboard lock, but Tanahashi\u2019s able to escape it and slip his hands into a Cloverleaf position\u2026 only for KUSHIDA to stop that and go back into a cross armbreaker-turned-Hoverbaord lock as the battle returned to the mat.<\/p>\n When KUSHIDA took the match back to a standing base, he saw a Back to the Future countered into a Twist and Shout, before Tanahashi scored with a Slingblade for a near-fall. A High Fly Flow\u2019s next, first the crossbody version, then a frog splash\u2026 but KUSHIDA gets his knees up before rolling Tanahashi through for the Back to the Future! Tanahashi BARELY kicked out of that one in time as the noise inside Korakuen increased once more, sensing a possible upset.<\/p>\n KUSHIDA kicks out Tanahashi\u2019s arm as he again goes for a Hoverboard Lock, this time dragging Tanahashi to the mat as the IWGP champion tried to power out. Eventually, Tanahashi slips out and drops KUSHIDA with a strait-jacket German for a near-fall out of nowhere, before KUSHIDA\u2019s rolled over into a Cloverleaf in the middle of the ring as KUSHIDA was left with no choice but to tap.<\/p>\n A valiant effort on his way out, as Tanahashi\u2019s early leg work eventually paid dividends in a match that could easily have been all about \u201cshowing what you\u2019re going to lose\u201d but instead ended up being a low key war. ****\u00bc<\/p>\n Post-match, Jay White ruins the moment as he came out with a chair that he used on Tanahashi. Enraged Kevin Kelly sold this beautifully, as White and Gedo Pillman-ize Tanahashi\u2019s leg. There\u2019s even a cheeky \u201cbye bye KUSHIDA\u201d from White as the crowd booed his departure\u2026<\/p>\n Tanahashi\u2019s carried to the back as KUSHIDA bid his farewell, thanking Tanahashi for everything as the emotions threatened to pour of out the former IWGP junior heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n While this was another predictably solid card, with everything building up to this weekend in Sapporo, it wasn\u2019t what we were here for. Make no mistake, this show was all about one thing: the farewell of KUSHIDA before he made his (expected) move to WWE. A man whose career in New Japan perhaps came to a bit of a stuttering end, with his presence in the junior division perhaps becoming something of a millstone, as it\u2019s hard to have an Ace without them being prominently in it! As the signs in the crowd said, this was an end, but also a New Beginning for KUSHIDA, who could well be back in New Japan one day – but for now, he leaves for pastures new\u2026 and no, I\u2019m not crying. You are!<\/p>\n Korakuen Hall filled out for the latest stop on the Road to the New Beginning – as New Japan bid farewell to KUSHIDA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"NJPW Road to the New Beginning - Night Three (January 29, 2019) - #njnbg - Korakuen Hall filled out for the latest stop on the Road to the New Beginning - as New Japan bid farewell to KUSHIDA.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[688,6],"tags":[1551,44,75,77,1440,1306,139,1825,179,1325,1532,224,237,250,1442,990,292,2176,989,633,1239,3672,1624,991,1309,3328,1236,1237,400,2984,1444,1802,416,1240,1310,1238,3251,521],"class_list":["post-13931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-japan","category-reviews","tag-ayato-yoshida","tag-bad-luck-fale","tag-bullet-club","tag-bushi","tag-chase-owens","tag-el-desperado","tag-evil","tag-guerrillas-of-destiny","tag-hiroshi-tanahashi","tag-hiroyoshi-tenzan","tag-jay-white","tag-kazuchika-okada","tag-kushida","tag-los-ingobernables-de-japon","tag-manabu-nakanishi","tag-minoru-suzuki","tag-new-japan","tag-ren-narita","tag-road-to-the-new-beginning","tag-ryusuke-taguchi","tag-sanada","tag-shingo-takagi","tag-shota-umino","tag-suzuki-gun","tag-taichi","tag-taiji-ishimori","tag-tama-tonga","tag-tanga-loa","tag-tetsuya-naito","tag-toa-henare","tag-togi-makabe","tag-tomoaki-honma","tag-toru-yano","tag-yoshi-hashi","tag-yoshinobu-kanemaru","tag-yujiro-takahashi","tag-yuya-uemura","tag-zack-sabre-jr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73vbt-3CH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/newjapan-roadtotothenewbeginning2018-logo.jpg?fit=1200%2C668&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13947,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13931\/revisions\/13947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYoshida and Umino were rather up for this match, choosing to poke the proverbial bears before the bell.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/njpw-rtnb2019n3-tenzan.jpg?resize=700%2C391\")
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\nAndy Simmonz had to be schooled in Taguchi\u2019s love of the number 69\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/njpw-rtnb2019n3-ishimori.jpg?resize=700%2C386\"){kind=spacer}
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\nNo, people still aren\u2019t really buying Tama Tonga as a good guy, and we open with Makabe against Tanga Loa, who has no problems landing shoulder tackles.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/njpw-rtnb2019n3-yano.jpg?resize=700%2C396\")
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\nFale\u2019s now being called the \u201cRogue General\u201d, which is better than whatever that \u201cone bump general\u201d he used to be known as\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/njpw-rtnb2019n3-jaywhite.jpg?resize=700%2C390\")
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\nAll of Suzuki-gun came out to Taichi\u2019s music, which was odd. Still, we at least found out Kevin Kelly\u2019s a better singer!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/njpw-rtnb2019n3-taichi.jpg?resize=700%2C395\")
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\nAs expected, KUSHIDA looked overwhelmed just coming out, as his parting gift here was a first-time-ever singles match against a man he\u2019s frequently tagged with.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/njpw-rtnb2019n3-kushida.jpg?resize=700%2C390\")
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